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Wooden food masher
Object Number 22-2-50/B3611
Display Title Wooden food masher
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, 1 end rounded, other end paddle shaped, cylindrical mid-section
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 67.3 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm (26 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3611

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